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joining me is host of the will less report on the fox business network, gerri willis.hanks for coming today. job numbers being one of the centerpieces of the presidential election and they haven't really gotten that much better, even though he promised if we did stimulus they would. why not. >> i have to tell you, he said a created 3 million jobs, and 8 million americans jobs during the downturn in the economy and put it into perspective, there are 300 million americans and the numbers are not good. the president has not done a good job of creating jobs and it should be the most important thing on his agenda because it is the most important to america's and one thing about this, his numbers, that he puts forward on jobs, he said i created 3 million jobs, it is really more like 2 and he is trying to use the most advantageous numbers out of the government rolodex and it is more like 97,000 jobs created a month, not enough to keep up with population growth. >> governor huckabee: let's-- this is his state of the union address and here's what he said about his job creation

joining me is host of the will less report on the fox business network, gerri willis.coming today. job numbers being one of the centerpieces of the presidential election and they haven't really gotten that much better, even though he promised if we did stimulus they would. why not. >> i have to tell you, he said a created 3 million jobs, and 8 million americans jobs during the downturn in the economy and put it into perspective, there are 300 million americans and the numbers are not good. the president has not done a good job of creating jobs and it should be the most important thing on his agenda because it is the most important to america's and one thing about this, his numbers, that he puts forward on jobs, he said i created 3 million jobs, it is really more like 2 and he is trying to use the most advantageous numbers out of the government rolodex and it is more like 97,000 jobs created a month, not enough to keep up with population growth. >> governor huckabee: let's -- this is his state of the union address and here's what he said about his job creation record. >

the fox business net work gerri willis is with us. i'm guessing i can figure this out.areas are hurting the most. >> the west. california, arizona. that's the home ownership rates below,59.9%. robert schueler is an expert in this category. he has been saying that we may not see housing prices rebound lifetime. uj employment problem. general electric. maybe just glass half empty kind of guy. 8.8%. they can see rates here in new york city zero. can't find a place to live, right? and what you are paying for that apartment, isn't going up at all good news for people looking for places to live. >> some parts of the country gas prices are down 40 cents year to year comparison that's pretty good. >> we are not having increases we had about a month ago. that's not happening now. stalling out, falling. keep an eye on it memorial day is coming. they typically go up then. >> shepard: we can hope. >> that's right. >> gerri willis good to see you. if you feel airport screeners sometimes treat you unfairly. there san app. for that the fly rights app. for iphones and an droids allows

fox business network's gerri willis is with us now. a lot of things in the mix today. but what went wrong? >> well, as you said it's european debt. everybody concerned about spain and italy. spain having to pay 6% for government debt. that's what investors are requiring of it now. big bailout could be in the offing. we just don't know. things turned around at the end of the day. let me tell you what happened after the bell alcoa announced earnings. they were a blow out quarter it. they lost money in the fourth quarter. made money in the first quarter. dow future after the close looking higher. we will probably have a good day tomorrow. >> shepard: is that the thinking? >> yes, it is the thinking. alcoa is a bellwether. very important for additional pressure. seeing increases in demand for aircraft makers, car makers. could be a good thing. >> shepard: sounds good to me after five days of losing, it's time for a win. >> absolutely. >> shepard: gerri willis, we will watch for you on the biz. >> thank you. >> shepard: government agency where employees made a video about w

>> shepard: gerri willis live in new york. gerri, thank you.corporation executive james murdock has stepped down as chairman of british sky broadcasting. news corps is the parent company of fox news channel and it also owns 39% of b sky b. this move comes after james murdock faced criticism over the british tabloid hacking scandal. he has been in charge of news corporations u.k. publishing arm when staffers at the news of the world tabloid were accused of hacking into the voice males of people they were covering. and he alluded to that in his resignation letter. in a news release, b sky b indicated mr. murdock wrote, quote: as attention continues to be paid to past events at news international, i am determined that the interest of b sky b should not be undermined by matters outside the scope of this company. news corps chairman and ceo rupert murdoch said his son would continue to make substantial contributions. joint statement from rupert murdoch and chase carrie reads in part: we are grateful for james murdock's successful leadership of b sky

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joining me is host of the will less report on the fox business network, gerri willis.r coming today. job numbers being one of the centerpieces of the presidential election and they haven't really gotten that much better, even though he promised if we did stimulus they would. why not. >> i have to tell you, he said a created 3 million jobs, and 8 million americans jobs during the downturn in the economy and put it into perspective, there are 300 million americans and the numbers are not good. the president has not done a good job of creating jobs and it should be the most important thing on his agenda because it is the most important to america's and one thing about this, his numbers, that he puts forward on jobs, he said i created 3 million jobs, it is really more like 2 and he is trying to use the most advantageous numbers out of the government rolodex and it is more like 97,000 jobs created a month, not enough to keep up with population growth. >> governor huckabee: let's -- this is his state of the union address and here's what he said about his job creation record.

gerri willis will bring if her two cents. gerri, she anchors the willis report on fox business network at 8:00 eastern. what is the epa official saying? >>gerri: he is backing up. today he said i apologize to those i offended, it was a poor choice of words. i am and have always been committed to fair and vigorous enforcement of our laws. he is not an obscure epa regulator, she in charge of region six, that's where the oil patch is, in charge of texas, oklahoma, and louisiana, so, he has a fair bit to say how the law are interpreted not oil patch. >>shepard: in this campaign season out comes this video and critics are saying this is part of a war on or a pattern target the oil and gas energy. >>gerri: on energy. >>shepard: there is a war afternoon everything. we talk about all wars but the one killing our people. >>gerri: and how worried about the war on hydraulic fracturing and this regulator went after unsuccessfully and they are referring to the president's decision or attempt to take away some of the tax benefits from the o

>> that's right, tomorrow, friday on the gerri willis at 5:30 and then on saturday on fox business with sullivan. we will be talking about trayvon and zimmerman. >> kimberly, what do you have? >> i want to promote a show without a lot of viewers. it is called "the o'reilly factor" i am trying it out tomorrow and see how it goes. >> is that on fox news? >> that's correct, the fox newschannel. i am doing a two-fer. >> i am on owe reilly as well. >> oh my goodness, you are supposed to stay away from me. >> that's the only way i can get close to you is through

gerri willis is with us, is the market focused on just the economic trade? >>gerri: and now the traders have had a chance to react, half of what people expected. but the other thing that is in focus, earnings. tomorrow is the start of the first quarter reporting season, and traders think all about that right now and what they see on the report card is not good. earnings are up less than a full percentage point, .1 percent of where we thought we would be in the fall. not good news on earnings front which is the many thing that stock traders look like in evaluating individual stocks. >>shepard: as far as spending, gas prices are a huge issue. >>guest: and not helping the market or companies and we saw the prices come down to $3.93. but the thinking is this is really showing up. people are making decisions. >>shepard: nice to see you, gerri. a man addicted to prescription drugs murdered four people as police put it, execution-style. he is in prison for life new. but the mother of one of victims is suing the doctors who she says got him hooked on the drugs in the

gerri willis spectacular to see you, we will watch for you tonight on the willis report on fox businessrk. republicans in the house of representatives force the tax issue to the floor. they say it will help small businesses. but in a bit of an odd deficit democrats are accusing republicans of helping only hollywood types. rich celebrities such as kim kardashian and oprah. how is that? we will explain [ male announcer ] if you think tylenol is the pain reliever orthopedic doctors recommend most for arthritis pain, think again. and take aleve. it's the one doctors recommend most for arthritis pain. two pills can last all day. ♪ two pills can last all day. greetings from the people here sure are friendly but some have had a hard time understanding my accent. so to make sure people get every word of the geico savings message i've been practicing how to talk like a true chicagoan. switching to geico could save you hundreds of dollars on car insurance... da bears. haha... you people sure do talk funny. geico®. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. or annuity

gerri willis is with us from fox business network. context. it is good news. gerri: good news and private sector unemployment came out positive. expectations, consensus is unemployment will stay at 8.3 percent creating 203,000 jobs so it is looking up. >>shepard: a 77-year-old man killed himself in greece because of the crippling, crisis not local newspapers and they published a hand written note from the man he said he would rather die than start searching through the trash for food steps from parliament in the heart of athens. the note blasted politicians and told fellow greeks to "hang traitors." the death sparked fresh protests in greece. police used tear gas last night to clear a crowd of 1,000 people that turns violent. gerri, where is this guy -- his pension was wiped out? >>gerri: the government contracted public pensions contracted, and g.d.p. down 17 percent since the beginning of the trouble, and unemployment is 21 percent and we have wages, wages, wages are falling by a third so everyone there is impacted by the crisis in the greek government. >>she

for context we turn to gerri willis. she hosts "the willis report," on fox business network. much for the end of the housing slump. we have been warned. >>gerri: absolutely. this is the settlement that 40 attorneys general made with the biggest bangs, paying out $25 million. so while it was being negotiated big banks didn't want to move through the foreclosure process they were not sure what would happen. they waited and, now, we are seeing the foreclosures come through the pipeline. that will mean for the market? not good things for housing. >>shepard: the big board today up 190 early and then 172. great news. >>gerri: the stock market is more interested in earnings which are good. they are more interested in the fact that europe is not facing difficulties at this minute. europe has been a big story. we had filing of weekly unemployment claims, jobless claims, first time benefits. that was up 13,000 from 380,000. >>shepard: not horrible. did you hear about the kidst can you believe this? the parents wanted to see the baby, premature baby who died, and they had this baby in t

gerri willis will be in. just ahead.hepard: taxpayers you are not turning a profit for bailing out wall street and the u.s. auto industry that is the new assessment from the government watch dog from tarp. if it worked, many small bangs are still struggling and that contradicts the claim the government will break even or come out on top. gerri is with her two cents from the fox business network. how much are taxpayers owed? >>gerri: $118.7 billion. $431 billion went to the entities and the estimate from the tarp report, they will lose $60 billion on this deal, that is the estimate. and then we get it back. >>shepard: who owes the most? >>gerri: a.i.g., they owe the most. we own 70 percent of that company. g.m. detroit automaker owes $27 billion. and allied financial owes $15 billion, the former gmac and today there was a report their mortgage arm will go intro bankruptcy. >>shepard: the fear has been a double dip recession and now the statistics show great britain has entered a doubling digit. >>gerri: exactly. the quart

sitting next to me, gerri willis host of "the willis report." he wants for the left and always lacks pep. good to see you, pinch. >> on today's front page, quote, super peck aimes blitz a the obama, end quote. and super pack side boy will attack with a newly acquired laser ring and power of flight. holy mccain and feingold, batman. you weren't even paying attention. >> i wasn't. i was pissed off at our producer. >>> should what you say on-line cost you jail time? should a comment that tars puts you behind bars? a bill passed in the house and the senate too in arizona making it illegal to put on-line the intent to terrify, harass, threat, annoy or offend. translation, no more anonymously slamming my workout routines, patti ann. i know it is you. anyway, free speech advocates says it violates the first amendment. stunned by the backlash, law i can makers say they tend to clarify that what is banned is unwanted communications. that so the bill doesn't interfere with the free speech rights. it sounds a little like interfering. explains the bill's au

gerri willis from the fox business network. i, thank you. >> thank you. >> trace: apple's iphone helped the nasdaq surge to best day all year. index closing up 68 passing the 3,000 mark. after apple announced it sold 235 million iphones between january and march. twice as many as in the same period last year. the company's earnings also doubled for the quarter. big day for the dow as well. up 89 closing above 13,000. well, a new report claims more universities are charging higher tuition for certain majors. according to researchers at cornell university, the schools argue majors like math, science, and business cost more to teach. and can earn grads higher paying jobs. more than 140 universities reportedly charge differential tuition up nearly 20% since 2006. well, burger king has made a new pledge that could please animal rights groups. the fast food giant says within five years all its eggs and pork will come from cage free chicken and pigs. the president of the humane society says this will improve living conditions for tens

the fox business network's gerri willis is with us now. a bad start to the week and the profit report of things coming up doesn't help out much. earnings per share. that's what companies will be reporting over the next several weeks. we get that started tomorrow. it's not looking good. in fact, for the first quarter we are expecting increase of earnings in 0.95%. just barely a percentage point. expectations much higher than that, in fact, we were expecting maybe 4.5% as recently as january. not so much. and as you know, what sent stocks higher when earnings expectations rise. >> >> shepard: gerri, thank you. remember aol just made a million-dollar deal with microsoft by agreeing to sell hundreds of patents and related applications. the struggling internet company will get $1.1 billion for the portfolio. microsoft gets nonexclusive rights to other technologies and international property. the cash infusion sending aol shares up more than 40% on today's session alone. at&t customers can now unlock their iphones and switch to another carrier. t

the fox business network's gerri willis is with us.to crucify the oil industry, what is it supposed to do. >> not supposed to crucify. >> not at all. the mission of the e.p.a. and this is from their web site to protect health and environment. we don't do it on our own. we work with business. nonprofit organizations and state and local government. a long way from crucifying anybody at all. >> shepard: the timing is one thing but the oil industry is posting huge profits at the same time this -- >> -- some are. some are not. exxon earnings are down 11% year over year. not as good. >> shepard: $116 million a day, right? i'm asking. >> royal dutch is up 11%. they are having a better quarter. it's a mixed bag. you would think with prices at the level they're right now they would be reporting the biggest profits in human history but it's not happening. >> shepard: they have had bigger ones. you love it here, don't you. >> i love it and i love being on set with you. >> shepard: see there. i do too. >> marshmallow fluff. >> shepard: do you know

gerri willis from the fox business network with us now. serious blow to apple's reputation.> they do have a fix for it people who use apple products they think there is no way my mack is going to get hurt by something called the flashback trojan that's what they are calling this mall ware. it's attacking java. not an apple product. but apple is getting accused of taking a long time to fix this problem. fortunately you can get some help. >> shepard: what do we do to protect our computers? >> i'm so sorry. >> all right, bunny. go on. [ laughter ] we won't, don't worry. i asked her when will the bunny be coming? then i learned that's a nickname for her husband. thank you very much. [ laughter ] >> wait, i didn't know it was a secret. >> i hope is he not watching it v. >> shepard: happy easter, mr. willis. >> i'm in trouble now. >> shepard: now are not. >> trying to get in my good graces now. >> shepard: all is well. >> if you are worried about apple product get a software update by going to system preferences on your mack and they have made a patch and get this fixed and protec

the fox business network gerri willis is live in our new york newsroom tonight. usually see this much agreement on capitol hill, gerri. >> no, we do not. there were members from both sides of the aisle at the signing today. you saw them applauding just moments ago. the law applies not just to congress but also the president, the p nt, thousands of federal workers. the president for his part today said it's a powerful aka congressional members should hit the same standard that you and i do when it comes to insider trading. aka it should be illegal. people wondering whether this law will be effective, shep. >> shepard: of course, critics are saying this law doesn't change anything. >> it changes some things but not everything it should. for example, big concerns about whether congressional members can be taken to court. regulators say they have something called constitutional privilege which prevents that from happening and make it very difficult to enforce the law. number two the toughest provision of the l.a. law taken out before the president signed it. that wou

the fox business network's gerry willis is with us now.s is is that apple makes it too easy to spend mom and dad's money. >> it's absolutely right. not as bad as it used to be. last year when these complaints first started surfacing. apple changed the technology so when you do go buy smurf berries, you have to reinput your password. the thinking is maybe the kid doesn't know the password and stop spending that way. >> shepard: maybe it's mommy and daddy's fault. >> you put your finger. mom and dad clearly giving pass words out to the kids. apple is is going to fight this every which way you can mobile app. market is $17 million market. they are trying to hang on this big time. >> shepard: pretty easy to change your password if kiddy gets it. >> come on, how hard is that? >> shepard: blame apple. >> oh. >> shepard: that's a class action lawsuit. that's what they are trying to do. we will see what happens. see you later. another country now has a long-range missile that can carry a nuclear weapon. wait until you hear which world power is now

the fox business network gerri willis is with us. it's been in our base forever.o 5ers and they don't like it? >> they don't like t a bit. oracle paid $35 million to settle with over 1600 software workers complaining they weren't getting their overtime payments. oracle having to pay a ton of doe. about four times the level of suits than 10 years ago. >> shepard: the government is starting to crack down on. this they are hiring lots of investigators, hiring lots of people to make sure this doesn't happen. have a force of 1050 people looking into it they have recovered some $225 million. so the government really getting involved here. they are really looking at restaurants. looking at low wage workers where these people really get taken advantage of. >> all right. you remember the story of the lottery jackpot winner who never cancelled her food stamps? >> yes. >> shepard: well, she may be headed to prison. the michigan attorney general's office today charged the woman with welfare fraud. she won a million-dollar lottery last fall but kept collecting food stamps and